After announcing his plans to undertake the strike last November, Jagjit Singh Dallewal visited his home in Faridkot to draw up a will, uncertain if he would make it or not. During the 2020-21 farmers’ movement, Dallewal was diagnosed with prostate cancer and has been undergoing chemotherapy for four years. Despite that, he continued to actively protest—first against the farm laws and then for the implementation of MSP and other demands, including waiving of loans for farmers and workers.
The convener of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) (non-political) announced the hunger strike on November 26, 2024, “to make the government hear” the demands of the farmers, which include a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers. 111 farmers joined Dallewal’s hunger strike in solidarity on January 15, 2025. Ten farmers from Haryana’s Hisar, Sonipat, Panipat, and Jind districts also started a fast-unto-death on January 17 supporting Dallewal.
On Saturday, Jagjit Singh Dallewal accepted medical aid. Shortly after, the 121 protesting farmers called off their hunger strike. This development comes after the Union government agreed to meet the protesting farmers in February 2025.
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The convener of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) (non-political) announced the hunger strike on November 26, 2024, “to make the government hear” the demands of the farmers, which include a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers. 111 farmers joined Dallewal’s hunger strike in solidarity on January 15, 2025. Ten farmers from Haryana’s Hisar, Sonipat, Panipat, and Jind districts also started a fast-unto-death on January 17 supporting Dallewal.
On Saturday, Jagjit Singh Dallewal accepted medical aid. Shortly after, the 121 protesting farmers called off their hunger strike. This development comes after the Union government agreed to meet the protesting farmers in February 2025.
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00:00The most important thing is that on 26th November, before sitting on Amarnath Nation,
00:04Jagjit Singh Lewal, who had about 17.5 acres of land, which was given to him by his father,
00:10he transferred those 17.5 acres of land to his son, his daughter-in-law and his grandson.
00:16Because he said, I don't know if I will be able to return alive to my village or not.
00:21It is possible that my dead body comes to my village.
00:30Jagjit Singh Lewal was born on 26th November, 1934 in Amarnath, India.
00:36He was born on 26th November, 1934 in Amarnath, India.
00:40He was born on 26th November, 1934 in Amarnath, India.
00:44He was born on 26th November, 1934 in Amarnath, India.
00:48He was born on 26th November, 1934 in Amarnath, India.
00:52He was born on 26th November, 1934 in Amarnath, India.
00:56He was born on 26th November, 1934 in Amarnath, India.
01:00He was born on 26th November, 1934 in Amarnath, India.
01:04He was born on 26th November, 1934 in Amarnath, India.
01:08He was born on 26th November, 1934 in Amarnath, India.
01:12He was born on 26th November, 1934 in Amarnath, India.
01:16He was born on 26th November, 1934 in Amarnath, India.
01:20He was born on 26th November, 1934 in Amarnath, India.
01:24He was born on 26th November, 1934 in Amarnath, India.
01:28Our Dalai Lama fought the government.
01:32Our Dalai Lama fought the government.
01:36He fought the government.
01:40He fought the government.
01:44He fought the government.
01:48He fought the government.
01:52He fought the government.
01:56He fought the government.
02:00He fought the government.
02:04He fought the government.
02:08He fought the government.
02:12He fought the government.
02:16He fought the government.
02:20He fought the government.
02:44No leader has ever been happy.
02:48No leader has ever been happy.
02:54The country is packed with cowards.
02:56The country is packed with cowards.
03:00No leader has ever been happy.
03:04I will die for myself.
03:06I will die for my population.
03:10I will die for my nation, for parth.
03:14They didn't do it for themselves, they did it for us.
03:18They didn't get it for themselves, we got it for ourselves.
03:21Those who came here, they got it.
03:23Those who didn't come from their homes, they got it.
03:26We are doing it for our rights.
03:28We are doing it to give courage to Bapuji.
03:30We are telling him to come here.
03:32We are standing here with Bapuji.
03:36When I found out that Bapuji is going to die,
03:39I swore to myself that I will sit at home.
03:44Bapuji's death will be remembered for a long time.
03:55The MSP is like this.
03:57We have seen the MSP in Bihar, Gujarat, UP.
04:01Wherever there is no MSP, people die of starvation.
04:04They are forced to work day and night.
04:07If we get MSP,
04:11everyone in India will be happy.
04:15The major demands of this movement are
04:17MSP guarantee law,
04:19Swaminathan Aayog's C2 plus 50% formula should be implemented,
04:23Land Acquisition Act 2013 should be implemented again,
04:27farmers and labourers should be freed from debt,
04:30because the government's wrong policies have made farmers in debt.
04:33We have 12 demands in this way.
04:36One of the major demands is the destruction of Lakhimpur Kheri.
04:39The families of the injured and the martyrs should have got justice,
04:43but they have not got justice yet.
04:45This movement is based on all these demands.
04:48In Punjab and Haryana,
04:50we get MSP only on wheat and rice.
04:54When we ask for it, we get it on many other crops too.
04:58Because when we get potatoes,
05:002 rupees a kilo of potatoes are sold in the market.
05:03When we get cauliflower,
05:05not even 5 rupees a kilo is sold.
05:08When we get tomatoes,
05:10we have to crush them on the streets.
05:15These are the demands of our farmers,
05:18who are demanding a minimum support price on every crop.
05:23Because farming is a business of thorns.
05:26No farmer can eat on this land.
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